Fulfillment of ANY of the criteria will result in EXCLUSION for the grant of HEA:
The following shall be excluded from the grant of HEA:
1. Consultants and experts engaged for a limited period to perform specific activities or services with expected outputs except medical consultants as mentioned in the inclusion criteria;
2. Laborers engaged through job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis;
3. Volunteers (except BHW), student interns and apprentices;
4. Individuals, and groups of individuals whose services are engaged through COS or JO, including BHWs, who are NOT assigned in health facilities involved in COVID-19 response ;
5. HCWs and non-HCWs assigned in health-related establishments NOT duly licensed or designated by the DOH for COVID-19 ;
6. Those personnel who are in work-from-home arrangements for the entire month;
7. Those who are under quarantine and/or treatment due to COVID-19 and have not rendered actual physical services in health facilities for the entire month.
| Specific Personnel | Eligibility | Remarks |
| Non-Medical Personnel | YES | Other personnel in health facilities duly licensed or designated for COVID-19 response, whether technical, administrative, or support personnel, regardless of employment status, are eligible for HEA as long as they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| Job Order (Contract of Service) Personnel | YES | Workers engaged through contract of service (COS) or job order (JO) are eligible for HEA as long as they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| Outsourced Personnel | YES | Outsourced personnel hired under institutional or individual COS or JO basis assigned in licensed health facilities or health-related establishments are entitled to HEA as long as they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| BHWs | NOT ALL | Only those BHWs who can satisfy ALL the following are entitled to HEA: 1. Duly accredited and/or registered in the DOH National BHW Registry. Pending the registration and accreditation of BHWs not included in the DOH National BHW Registry, the local health board or the Municipal/City Registration and Accreditation Committee (M/CRAC) shall issue a resolution stating that these BHWs are assigned as member of the BHERT or their successor entities; 2. They are assigned in licensed health facilities or health-related establishments involved in COVID-19 response in line with the NAP Against COVID-19 PDITR+ strategies; and3. They physically report for work at their assigned work stations in health facilities on the prescribed official working hours, as authorized by the head of agency/office. |
| Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) | NOT ALL | Only those BNS involved in COVID-19 response OR BNS designated as members of BHERTs as per local EO issued by B/M/C LGU and fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| Uniformed Personnel | YES | HCWs and non-HCWs assigned in health facilities or health related establishments under AFP, PNP, BFP and BJMP are included in the grant of HEA. Provided that the said health facilities and health related establishments are involved in COVID-19 response. |
| Civilian HCWs in Military Hospitals | YES | Provided that they are assigned in hospitals or health facilities engaged in COVID-19 or public health emergencies response. |
| Commission on Audit (COA) personnel assigned in health facilities involved in COVID-19 response | NO | They are not considered as health workers. |
| Personnel in Rural Health Units, Urban Health Centers, and Barangay Health Stations | YES | RHUs, UHCs, and BHS are considered as health facilities, thus, their personnel are entitled to HEA provided that they do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| BHERTs | NOT ALL | Only BHERTS who fullfill the eligibility criteria stipulated in the AO and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria (i.e., they should be employed or assigned in a health facility involved in COVID-19 response ) |
| Contact Tracers in the LGU | NOT ALL | Only Contact Tracers who fullfill the eligibility criteria stipulated in the AO and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria (i.e., they should be employed and assigned in a health facility involved in COVID-19 response) |
| Municipal/Provincial Disaster Risk Management Office personnel whose role is to transport COVID-19 patients | IT DEPENDS | Only if they fulfill the eligibility criteria stipulated in the AO (i.e., they should be employed or assigned through a duly approved office order authorizing their reassignment in a health facility involved in COVID-19 response) |
| Security Guards, Janitors, Utility | YES | Provided they are assigned in health facilities involved in COVID-19 response AND are either regular, job order or contract of service or OUTSOURCED or DIRECTLY with the health facility. |
| Institutional Contract of Service | YES | Provided they are assigned in health facilities involved in COVID-19 response. |
| Personnel in Private Medical Clinics | IT DEPENDS | ONLY IF the medical clinic can show a certification from the DOH, including the DOH Central Office, Centers for Health Development (CHDs), Provincial/City/Municipal Health Offices, and Local Government Health Offices that they were designated to become COVID-19 health facility. |
| Dentists or Dental Assistants MedTech, RadTech, Laboratory Assistants Pharmacists Social Workers | IT DEPENDS
| YES, IF assigned in health facilities involved in COVID-19 response. NO, IF employed in stand-alone dental clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, and health offices which are NOT involved in COVID-19 response. |
| Personnel in Stand-Alone Dialysis Centers | IT DEPENDS | ONLY IF the dialysis center can show a certification from the from the DOH, including the DOH Central Office, Centers for Health Development (CHDs), Provincial/City/Municipal Health Offices, and Local Government Health Offices that they are catering to known or confirmed COVID-19 patients. |
| DOH Central Office,CHD, Provincial/City/Municipal Health Office Personnel | YES | YES as long as they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria and do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| Retired or Resigned | YES | Provided that they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. The personnel should coordinate with the HR of the health facility to ensure that they will be included in the CREC report. |
| Detailed Personnel | IT DEPENDS | IT DEPENDS where they were detailed. If they are detailed in a health facility involved in COVID-19 response, YES. Their CREC score shall reflect the work setting where they are detailed. The HEA of an eligible DOH Office/Hospital/Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) personnel detailed to another government office/agency shall be granted by the parent agency. On the other hand, the HEA of an eligible non- DOH Office/Hospital/DATRC personnel detailed to another government office/agency shall be granted by the receiving agency. |
| Volunteers | NO | They are included in the exclusion criteria. |
| Consultant Physicians | YES | Provided that they fulfill ALL the three (3) of the eligibility criteria do not fulfill ANY of the exclusion criteria. |
| Secretaries of Consultants | IT DEPENDS | ONLY IF with employment contract with the health facility. |
| Legal Consultants | IT DEPENDS | ONLY IF with employment contract with the health facility. |
| Medical and Nursing Students, Interns | NO | They are included in the exclusion criteria. |
| Doctors deployed/detailed in other hospitals | YES | IT DEPENDS where they were detailed. If they are detailed in a health facility involved in COVID-19 response, YES. Their CREC score shall reflect the work setting where they are detailed. The HEA of an eligible DOH Office/Hospital/Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) personnel detailed to another government office/agency shall be granted by the parent agency. On the other hand, the HEA of an eligible non- DOH Office/Hospital/DATRC personnel detailed to another government office/agency shall be granted by the receiving agency. |
| Residency and Fellowship Trainees | YES | In both private and public health facilities involved in COVID-19 response. |
| Personnel working from home or in similar alternative working arrangements? | IT DEPENDS | Only hours for work physically rendered in the office is included in the computation for HEA. If they are under work-from-home arrangement for the whole month, the personnel shall not receive HEA for that month. |
| Personnel who underwent Quarantine/Isolation and/or Treatment due to COVID-19? | IT DEPENDS | Only hours for work physically rendered in the office is included in the computation for HEA. If they are under quarantine or isolation for the whole month, the personnel shall not receive HEA for that month. |
| Personnel who are on official business | IT DEPENDS | ONLY if on official business for COVID-19 response. The hours rendered during official business outside of the health facility to perform non-COVID-19 related activities shall NOT be included in the total number of hours rendered in the computations. |
| Personnel who are on leave of absence, trainings and scholarship grant? | NO | Only hours for work physically rendered in the office, or on official business for COVID-19 response outside the office, is included in the computation for HEA. |
| Job Orders that are emergency hired under Human Resource for Health augmentation in reponse to COVID-19 Health Emergency | YES | HRH under Emergency Hiring shall be included in the CREC of CHD/Health Facility where their contracts are lodged. |